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Why is gravitational potential near to an isolated mass negative?
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∙ 12y ago
Because you have to do work on the pair ... add work to them ...
in order to separate them.
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Will mass affect the amount of gravitational potential energy?
Yes. Mass is one of the variables (mass, gravity and height) for which gravitational potential energy is the product (meaning the multiplication of), so increasing mass will increase the gravitational potential energy in direct proportion.
How do you find the gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational Potential Energy is equal to Potential Energy therefore the formula for GPE (Gravitational Potential Energy) is PE=mass x gravity x height therefore the formula is PE=mgh
What is the mathematical expression for gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational potential energy = (object's mass) x (acceleration of gravity) x (object's altitude)
How do you calulate gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational potential = Mass x Gravitational field strength x Height moved Note: Newton x Metre = Joule Kowalsi
What 2 factors determine gravitational potential energy?
Mass and distance
Can the gravitational potential energy of an object be negative?
No. That would require a negative mass or a negative distance, neither of which is possible.
What does gravitational potential energy depend on of the object?
Mass, Height, and Gravity Gravitational Potential Energy= Mass * gravity * height
What is difference between gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential?
A body A of mass m is placed in the gravitational field of a body B of mass M. The gravitational potential of body B at a point in the field is the work done is bringing unit mass from infinity to that point and is independent of body A. On the other hand, the gravitational potential energy of body A is the energy possessed by it due to its position in the field. In fact, Gravitational potential energy = mass of body(A) x gravitational potential
Will mass affect the amount of gravitational potential energy?
Yes. Mass is one of the variables (mass, gravity and height) for which gravitational potential energy is the product (meaning the multiplication of), so increasing mass will increase the gravitational potential energy in direct proportion.
Does an object have more potential energy the more mass it has?
Yes - gravitational potential energy is equal to mass x gravity x height.Yes - gravitational potential energy is equal to mass x gravity x height.Yes - gravitational potential energy is equal to mass x gravity x height.Yes - gravitational potential energy is equal to mass x gravity x height.
What happens to the potential energy of an object if the mass is halved?
I assume you mean the gravitational potential energy. This is proportional to the mass, so if you change the mass by a factor of "a", the gravitational potential energy will change by the same factor of "a".
How does mass affect gravitational potential energy?
the formula for gravitational potential energy if mgh(mass X gravity X height). gravity is always 9.81m/s2. assume height is constant, more mass means more gravitational potential energy and vice versa
What energy is calculated from an object and mass height and the acceleration due to gravity?
That is called gravitational potential energy.
Gravitational potential energy depends on what 3 variables?
height gravitational acceleration and mass
How do the mass and height of an object affect the gravitational potential energy?
Apex Mass and height have the same effect on gravitational potential energy.
What is absolute potential energy?
Gravitational potential energy is defined as the work performed in moving the mass from infinity to the point concerned in the gravitational field. It will be given in negative. gravitational PE = - G M m / r^2 Here G - universal gravitational constant. M - mass which produced gravitaional field. m - the mass of the object. r - the distance of the point from the centre of the M, where the object has been borught.
Potential energy of the mass m?
Gravitational potential energy is calculated as mass x gravity x height.
